Silverfish 1992 Another Yeti ARC

[Silverfish]

Back in my happy place
Building an ARC
Al at Fat had this for a long long time and just couldn’t fit it in - @jonrock came up trumps instead - super pleased with how this has turned out

From this…

To this…

 

[Silverfish]

@jonrock also cleaned up the chainsuck

 

[Silverfish]

And good to see the CycleArt custom paint decal is still on there.
This frame was on display in Bromley Bike in 92, then bought by the guy I got it from in 93. He didn’t really know why it had a custom paint job but it’s the original paint from 92 when he first drooled over it and 93 when when he used a student loan to buy it

Forgot to look out for the serial number
Will do it next time I’m in the cave

 

[Silverfish]

Got some cool shit to hang off this
First off a NOS Ringle Moby

Also have most of the other parts ready to go, tho I think I’m going to get Dan to machine a relief groove into the King headset cups before I fit the headset.

It’s basically a shallow machined groove, about 2x0.5mm wide into the cup where it gets inserted which reduces the bursting force exerted on the very end of the head tube by around 35%.

 

[Silverfish]

But back to my previous question, does anyone know what size rivets I need to re-fit the cable guide?
And can anyone recommend me a pop rivet tool?

 

[baron von greenback]

the hole looks about 2 to 3mm if you have any nails knocking about test fit them and just measure just a cheap handheld rivet gun will do the trick mate but becareful you dont jump of the cable guids when you do it i would put something round the frame just incase mate this is going to be a beatiful bike when you done love the seatpost

 

[LeeDevelopment]

But back to my previous question, does anyone know what size rivets I need to re-fit the cable guide?
And can anyone recommend me a pop rivet tool?

Have you given Frank a ring to query?

 

[elite504]

Niice.... good job.
Good plan on the headset cups.

 

[robot.hebobo]

How does a headtube crack like that in the first place? Headset jammed in too tight? Tubing too thin or wrong alloy for the job?